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and they live in rural parts of texas 22. meadeville, texas, with cotton is still king. the ebola case in dallas spooked them. it spooked them badly. two schools in cleveland, texas, shut down for days because two students coming back from cleveland with that nurse who had been exposed. cleveland is closer to houston than it is to dallas. galveston, texas, had a cruise ship docked there, and came home early because a nurse from dallas self-imposed quarantined herself in her cabin. the waste coming from dallas is coming down to galveston. utmb to be incinerated in 55 gallon drums. 1,800 degrees fahrenheit burned the waste from treated ebola cases in dallas. everything goes to galveston comes through texas 22. one common frustration i've heard over and over back home is the deluge of information coming from cdc and all of y'all, it's confusing, and overwhelming. i've heard that from big hospital systems, and small providers. the emergency centers like saint michael's, and my hometown of sugarland, texas. i'm worried about the little guys like saint michael's. i have a ques
and they live in rural parts of texas 22. meadeville, texas, with cotton is still king. the ebola case in dallas spooked them. it spooked them badly. two schools in cleveland, texas, shut down for days because two students coming back from cleveland with that nurse who had been exposed. cleveland is closer to houston than it is to dallas. galveston, texas, had a cruise ship docked there, and came home early because a nurse from dallas self-imposed quarantined herself in her cabin. the waste...
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. >> my home is texas 22. it's a suburban district. many folk who is live there work down at the texas medical center. they may live in rural parts. cotton is still king. it spooked them badly. shut down for days because two students coming back from cleveland with a nurse who had been exposed. cleveland is not as close to houston as it is to dallas. texas had a cruise ship docked there and came up early because a nurse self imposed far an teen in the cabin. 55 gallon drums. 1,800 degrees fahrenheit burned them from treated them in dallas. it comes through texas 22. the deluge of information coming from cdc and awful y'all. it's confusioning and overwhelming. i heard it from big hospital systems and 1345u8 providers. the mercy centers from my hometown of sugarland, texas. i'm worried about the other guys like st. michael's. i have a question for all three panelists. the first is for you. what is your organization doing to ensure that small guys like st. michael's are ready if an active ebola patient shows up at 2:00 in the morning on t
. >> my home is texas 22. it's a suburban district. many folk who is live there work down at the texas medical center. they may live in rural parts. cotton is still king. it spooked them badly. shut down for days because two students coming back from cleveland with a nurse who had been exposed. cleveland is not as close to houston as it is to dallas. texas had a cruise ship docked there and came up early because a nurse self imposed far an teen in the cabin. 55 gallon drums. 1,800 degrees...
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some states, texas, has already start started on their own. will it be includeded in 50 or in addition to? >> i will comment and dr. lurie may want to continue. our approach is to strengthen the statewide systems. it would be the states responsible for -- in collaboration and determining which hospitals would be used. what we have asked each state to do is four things related to the active monitoring program. first, establish the program including information flow from the state health department to local health departments. second, establish a 24/7 hotline for any traveller who thinks they have ebola to call so they can be safely managed. third, establish safe transport between wherever the person calls from and the facility that the state decided would be the facility to assess or treat them for ebola. the fourth is to work with their hospitals to identify facilities that are able to do that assessment and treatment. >> let me add it would be great if you got a -- let me ask you the same question. the 50 centers designated in the president's
some states, texas, has already start started on their own. will it be includeded in 50 or in addition to? >> i will comment and dr. lurie may want to continue. our approach is to strengthen the statewide systems. it would be the states responsible for -- in collaboration and determining which hospitals would be used. what we have asked each state to do is four things related to the active monitoring program. first, establish the program including information flow from the state health...
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so he's dragging the texas republican party to the right. that's going to drag cruz and perry to the right. you know, we saw yesterday the first republican to introduce a travel ban for west africa was marco rubio, right? who is now abandoned his position on immigration reform. so the republican primary won't be a pretty thing in this debate next year, and i think the president is, frankly, i think, going to demonstrate, doris concluded, by showing a lot of courage, that in the fay of all of this, he's still going to take action. but we have to recognize that all of us in this room, who think this is the right thing better be spending time and energy defending what gets done, reaffirming the need to fix the broken -- the overall broken immigration system and to recognize that this could end up becoming a very consequential and significant and ugly part of the national debate. i don't think it's -- i'll conclude by saying there are many advocates who are my friends who argue that this is simple and easy there is nothing simple and easy about
so he's dragging the texas republican party to the right. that's going to drag cruz and perry to the right. you know, we saw yesterday the first republican to introduce a travel ban for west africa was marco rubio, right? who is now abandoned his position on immigration reform. so the republican primary won't be a pretty thing in this debate next year, and i think the president is, frankly, i think, going to demonstrate, doris concluded, by showing a lot of courage, that in the fay of all of...
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health departments across texas and the nation had been preparing. there was a lot of information we had been sending out. that's different than saying this is a real event and i have to be ready right now. one of the things we're doing right now to improve preparedness, not only making sure all hospitals are ready to think ebola is possible and end the differential diagnosis and isolating and informing those individuals and there is a system across the state to test them before you get to a level where there's a hospital to care for those individuals. no hospital wants to be an ebola hospital. it's hard getting other individuals into your emergency room if you're labelled the ebola hospital. there's some reluctance across the united states to step up and be the facility. that is one of the things we're working on right now. >> thank you. dr. gold you said the university of nebraska medical enter cente known for readiness to treat ebola patients. you successfully treated ebola patients and recently lost one. can you tell us the protocol to make sure
health departments across texas and the nation had been preparing. there was a lot of information we had been sending out. that's different than saying this is a real event and i have to be ready right now. one of the things we're doing right now to improve preparedness, not only making sure all hospitals are ready to think ebola is possible and end the differential diagnosis and isolating and informing those individuals and there is a system across the state to test them before you get to a...
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we now go to the gentleman from east texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, director, for being here. you know, we've had different hearings, secretary of homeland security has been here a number of times. and you know, there seemed to be in the the past a feeling of invulnerability of the white house. that the fences, you know, somehow there was bound to be more security there than you see. so it rattles folks when somebody can jump over the fence and get there. and somebody else was saying, oh, i think there's two rows of fences. isn't there just one row of fence around the white house? >> sir, as a result of september 19th on pennsylvania avenue on the sidewalk there, we've now put a bike rack in addition to the permanent fence. realizing that people can still get over the bike rack, but it gives us a little more time to react. so there is bike rack in front of the original fence. >> well, how tall is the fence there, and i'mclassify ied. >> 7'6". >> is there any talk about making it higher? has that been discussed? >> yes, sir, it
we now go to the gentleman from east texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, director, for being here. you know, we've had different hearings, secretary of homeland security has been here a number of times. and you know, there seemed to be in the the past a feeling of invulnerability of the white house. that the fences, you know, somehow there was bound to be more security there than you see. so it rattles folks when somebody can jump over the fence and get there. and somebody...
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you come to texas 85% of the state is covered by irkats. if you want to get that grid in africa, come see us. next question -- you're stuck on the opossum eating yellowjackets, huh? mr. postel, from my notebook, notes about you, you said that you had developed a plan to first international securitization of receivables without a corporate guarantee. >> yes, sir. >> explain that.that. >> this was a financing for the government of jamaica in 1988. it was the first new funding that they had obtained from the private sector in something like 13 years, because there had been reschedulings. and basically, every year, they were receiving payments from at&t for telephone calls that they were making to jamaica. and we felt that that was predictable enough to give them the money up-front, in essence, and so we raised money in japan and we did that financing. and it was all repaid. >> can you do the same thing with electrification in africa? >> i'll have to think about that. >> okay. that's what i thought it was. now, you also, is it eicord, i think y
you come to texas 85% of the state is covered by irkats. if you want to get that grid in africa, come see us. next question -- you're stuck on the opossum eating yellowjackets, huh? mr. postel, from my notebook, notes about you, you said that you had developed a plan to first international securitization of receivables without a corporate guarantee. >> yes, sir. >> explain that.that. >> this was a financing for the government of jamaica in 1988. it was the first new funding...
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in economics from trinity university in san antonio, texas. dr. karen is the research director at americans for fair taxation. their website is fairtax.org, and sometimes go by that name. she has 20 years of experience in tax policy analysis. having worked in that capacity for three florida governors, two democrats and rone republican. he's worked for the budget reform commission of the florida legislature and worked in the private sector and as director of research for florida tax watch. she has also served as an adjunct professor at florida state university. please join me in welcoming todd mccracken. you can either stay there or come up here. >> i'm using slides so i'll have to go over there. you're welcome to sit. >> thank you, david. i appreciate the opportunity to talk about the fair tax. it's a topic we need to talk about a little bit more because it it clearly is the best system of taxation for not just americans overall but for the small businesses we represent. we have been advocates of the fair tax now for a number of years. i think we
in economics from trinity university in san antonio, texas. dr. karen is the research director at americans for fair taxation. their website is fairtax.org, and sometimes go by that name. she has 20 years of experience in tax policy analysis. having worked in that capacity for three florida governors, two democrats and rone republican. he's worked for the budget reform commission of the florida legislature and worked in the private sector and as director of research for florida tax watch. she...
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the fair tax came from a group of civic leaders under texas who had success dealing with texas' tort reform issues as you now know, doctors are flocking into texas to practice because they were able to succeed in making medicine work for doctors and patients. these civic leaders got together and said if question do that for texas, what could we do for america as it relates to a tax system? how do we keep america competitive in an international world? let's start with a blank sheet of paper and see what happens next. and that makes all the difference. not some of the difference, all of the difference. i put a chart up that shows the average corporate tax rates of oecd countries and graphed that compared to the american tax rate going back to the 1980s, going through 2010. every tax reform proposal purports to deal with this tremendous disadvantage that america has in an international marketplace. i put this up because it's striking to me that in these past two years, we have had a chairman of the ways and means committee that has done more for tax reform than any other chairman in my
the fair tax came from a group of civic leaders under texas who had success dealing with texas' tort reform issues as you now know, doctors are flocking into texas to practice because they were able to succeed in making medicine work for doctors and patients. these civic leaders got together and said if question do that for texas, what could we do for america as it relates to a tax system? how do we keep america competitive in an international world? let's start with a blank sheet of paper and...
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from the university of texas at austin. and then our fourth panelist is dr. carol o tool who is a mission manager and senior fellow at incutell. dr. o tool was the undertechnician for homeland security. she served november, 2009 to september of 2013. she also was a major designer and actor in two major bio-related exercises. >> if there any specific military aspects going on, i will try to field those as well. >> i think one of the things where he need to understand is that in issue of ebola is not something that has been first-encountered today. >> we've gone through a series of events in the last daylight or two have highlighted the importance of and necessity for the kind of repairedness that, quite frankly, is not something that's a lexicon of national security data.a%cs >> let me be a little concrete on a. >> r. >> what they kind of outlined, which you can still get today online or in the library. >> it's worthy to note even then the identified need for some kind of deliberative manner to manage these kinds of outbreaks because, in all likelihood, they w
from the university of texas at austin. and then our fourth panelist is dr. carol o tool who is a mission manager and senior fellow at incutell. dr. o tool was the undertechnician for homeland security. she served november, 2009 to september of 2013. she also was a major designer and actor in two major bio-related exercises. >> if there any specific military aspects going on, i will try to field those as well. >> i think one of the things where he need to understand is that in issue...
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hispanics are california, and te texas and nevada. african-americans are concentrated in a lot of southern states that did not have serious races. second millennials tend to be more non-white. the two things coincide. young hispanics are in areas where they are not motivated to turn out. that depresses the so-called millennial vote. it wasn't a low turnout race. democrats did bert tter in stat than they could have won than the national would suggest. it was up to the message which didn't persuade the people in the middle at this particular time. >> let me just address the senators who are -- there are 24 republicans up to ten democrats the next time. it's a reverse phenomenon. almost all the democrats who won in 2010 won with a very, very stiff wind in their faces. republicans had wind at their backs. many of them in states thatowe be a ma carries. they have to worry about primary challenges. if they move too far too early to accommodate the broader die name is in their states, they could face a problem. but they do have a problem wit
hispanics are california, and te texas and nevada. african-americans are concentrated in a lot of southern states that did not have serious races. second millennials tend to be more non-white. the two things coincide. young hispanics are in areas where they are not motivated to turn out. that depresses the so-called millennial vote. it wasn't a low turnout race. democrats did bert tter in stat than they could have won than the national would suggest. it was up to the message which didn't...
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graduate of university of texas, rotc graduate. one of her first duty stations of which she is a compliance and testing officer in the air force testing and evaluation command at the air force base. if you all can turn the posters, you can start to see something of the impact. she was driving a 2002 honda. this is what happened to her. the shredded air bag just like the one that i showed you here on the left poster. this is what the car looked like. she had a passenger. you can see the air bag still inflated in the car. unfortunately -- and she has given us permission -- when the lieutenant was being carried to the hospital, that's what hah she looked like. so lieutenant erdman, if you would share with us your story of what happened. >> yes, sir. good morning everyone. ladies and gentlemen, my name is stephanieredman. i'm honored to be here today to serve as the voice for the people who have been forever silenced because of this exploding takata air bags. on behalf of everyone who has suffered because of these defective air bags, i
graduate of university of texas, rotc graduate. one of her first duty stations of which she is a compliance and testing officer in the air force testing and evaluation command at the air force base. if you all can turn the posters, you can start to see something of the impact. she was driving a 2002 honda. this is what happened to her. the shredded air bag just like the one that i showed you here on the left poster. this is what the car looked like. she had a passenger. you can see the air bag...
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right now our director and deputy direct rer in texas. tle go together six cities that have the most unaccompanied alien children in them in order to meet with legal service providers and adjudicators and people on the ground in the cities to see what it is that the agency can do to help process the kids through the immigration court in a way that assists the legal services groups in the area in being able to have access to provide the kids greater levels of legal services. so we're trying to go out, understand what's happening on the ground in the courts and work with the communities in order to make sure that we are working together to try and make sure that these kids get through the legal process the first time in a way that makes everybody very comfortable. in addition, we're having model hearing programs to try and train the non-profit attorneys. i think a lot of you are immigration attorneys. you know what you are doing when you get to court. sometimes you get a real estate attorney in there who is doing a good pro bono effort, but
right now our director and deputy direct rer in texas. tle go together six cities that have the most unaccompanied alien children in them in order to meet with legal service providers and adjudicators and people on the ground in the cities to see what it is that the agency can do to help process the kids through the immigration court in a way that assists the legal services groups in the area in being able to have access to provide the kids greater levels of legal services. so we're trying to...
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it was a muslim charity in the state of texas. that happened in 2008 from the department of justice. i assume that you are working, mr. secretary, with the department of justice closely on this matter. and i am wondering what sort of prosecutions are going on. because i can tell you from my state of minnesota this has not receded. this has only gone up-tempo, why aren't their prosecutions? why is it that six years later there have been zero prosecutions coming out of the department of justice. number one, are you working with the department of justice? are you identifying individuals? there are over 40 known individuals who have returned to the united states who are terrorists and participated in terrorist activities who freely walking about. it seems they have more protections than the american people. this is concerning to us now. we also know that the department of justice has boxes and boxes and boxes of documentation, known documentation from the holy land foundation trial. have they allowed you to look through those boxes? t
it was a muslim charity in the state of texas. that happened in 2008 from the department of justice. i assume that you are working, mr. secretary, with the department of justice closely on this matter. and i am wondering what sort of prosecutions are going on. because i can tell you from my state of minnesota this has not receded. this has only gone up-tempo, why aren't their prosecutions? why is it that six years later there have been zero prosecutions coming out of the department of justice....
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i'm from texas and i'm down here and i'm on the gulf coast. and the congressman was correct that that pipeline, the keystone pipeline, the part that runs through texas was built down to motiva refinery down in beaumont, which is right on the coast. and that's mainly what that pipeline's for, is to take that oil refinery and ship it overseas. i'm down here. a bunch of my friends, i am a pipefitter and i do work in those plants. that's exactly what that plant was built for. >> thank you. let's move on to tony, congressman, last for you and then we'll have you respond. he's in indianapolis and an independent. go ahead, tony. >> caller: yes. my question is, or my comment is, i think you are going against the rule of the people. i can't believe that you actually believe that majority of the people believe we want immigration policy with amnesty. i truly believe that, with all due respect i don't know what plant you're from, you're going against the will of the people and this is another nail in the coffin for the rest of the party. >> let's get a r
i'm from texas and i'm down here and i'm on the gulf coast. and the congressman was correct that that pipeline, the keystone pipeline, the part that runs through texas was built down to motiva refinery down in beaumont, which is right on the coast. and that's mainly what that pipeline's for, is to take that oil refinery and ship it overseas. i'm down here. a bunch of my friends, i am a pipefitter and i do work in those plants. that's exactly what that plant was built for. >> thank you....
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so west texas intermediate's gone from 103 down to 75. just basic economics would say to me, that's got to hurt these guys somehow. that they have less money for any barrel of oil that they have. can you tell us kind of what you guys see the drop in oil prices doing to isis and its revenue stream? and then i'll get to expenses in a second. >> congressman, the price at which isil is selling the oil that it's stealing has never been at the open market price, i'm sure you understand. whether the drop in oil price has also forced a decline in the discounts that isil is taking off the oil it's on, i don't know the answer to that question, but let me see if there's something that i can give you. >> what price in the black market, if you will, do you think they are selling it at? >> can i get back to you on that in a different setting? >> okay. so let me move to the expense side. so on the expense side, there is some cost to extract oil from the ground and then refine. do we have any sense of what it costs them to produce this oil? >> i think no
so west texas intermediate's gone from 103 down to 75. just basic economics would say to me, that's got to hurt these guys somehow. that they have less money for any barrel of oil that they have. can you tell us kind of what you guys see the drop in oil prices doing to isis and its revenue stream? and then i'll get to expenses in a second. >> congressman, the price at which isil is selling the oil that it's stealing has never been at the open market price, i'm sure you understand. whether...
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ted in my state of texas won a couple of years ago. the "houston chronicle" said you will be a senator just like kay bailey hutchinson. i thought quite a good senator, but still -- >> how did ted cruz do in texas? >> landslide. >> a landslide? >> yes. >> he tried running against corning and corning crushed him. corning won by 62 points. he was not out there killing it for george p and george p won. paul loves this about the tea party won. i think that's wrong. >> senator cruz did not lie to the people. he was not senator yet. he said he would lay down before a trine stop obamacare. they renounced the endorsement. this is what's going to happen. we go through them. they run one of the best campaigns in the country. she called for the impeachment for the president. she called him and i quote, he has become a dictator. >> that was not a crime. >> so it doesn't count. >> that's right. it doesn't count. you got it. >> tom cotton from arkansas. voted to shut down the government and voted to sue president obama and said i don't regret it. the
ted in my state of texas won a couple of years ago. the "houston chronicle" said you will be a senator just like kay bailey hutchinson. i thought quite a good senator, but still -- >> how did ted cruz do in texas? >> landslide. >> a landslide? >> yes. >> he tried running against corning and corning crushed him. corning won by 62 points. he was not out there killing it for george p and george p won. paul loves this about the tea party won. i think that's...
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that can be driven over to southern california, driven over to texas, could be driven to florida. you don't know what any of these family members are going to be doing. it could be a used car. i just seems to me that you as the agency chief should err on the side of safety knowing these vehicles move from state to state. as the senator said, the chairman said, people are going to florida from pretty much every state in order to escape the cold in the winter, in order to visit disney world, and we know that. an accident could happen. and so why don't we just recognize the mobile nature of our society, the danger that each person runs, and by the way, i don't accept the fact there is no risk in really warm weather in arizona or other states. because we have other states here that are outside the humid area that have had these incidents. i just don't know why you don't say to all these families who have already lost people that the least that's going to happen is no other family member of any other family in america is going to suffer the same thing. >> senator, that is my solemn goa
that can be driven over to southern california, driven over to texas, could be driven to florida. you don't know what any of these family members are going to be doing. it could be a used car. i just seems to me that you as the agency chief should err on the side of safety knowing these vehicles move from state to state. as the senator said, the chairman said, people are going to florida from pretty much every state in order to escape the cold in the winter, in order to visit disney world, and...
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it was tried in the great state of texas. i think it is well worth considering on a nationwide basis in the federal system. if i have a couple of more minutes let me talk about the other victims of the brady violations. ones we have heard little about but we think we need to think seriously about. any time an innocent person is convicted it means the criminal remains at large. every time you commit somebody to whont do the crime it means the person who did the crime is still out there and can do it again. as an example let me give the case of michael morton who was convicted for the 1986 killing and beating of his own wife. he served 25 years in prison because the police focused on him. it was easy. it was his own wife. because the prosecutor, a man by the name of ken anderson lied to a judge and lied about exculpatory evidence he had. years later over the vigorous objections of the prosecutor who succeeded ken anderson, john bradley. these people ought to be ashamed of themselves. they ought to feel ashamed in the community.
it was tried in the great state of texas. i think it is well worth considering on a nationwide basis in the federal system. if i have a couple of more minutes let me talk about the other victims of the brady violations. ones we have heard little about but we think we need to think seriously about. any time an innocent person is convicted it means the criminal remains at large. every time you commit somebody to whont do the crime it means the person who did the crime is still out there and can...
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she was a law professor at the university of texas. she wanted to get information about the homeland security assessment of how to construct the fence and this and that. and one of the things she had agreed to do was to accept the e-mails that were being put together to respond to another piece of litigation, again by the organization crew. and she had agreed that -- because much of this review work had already been done. that she would accept that as responsive to her request. well, one of the things that crew had agreed to do in its separate litigation was to not go after any e-mail attachments that were part of the e-mails. gillman said, no, no, i want those attachments. judge howell said, again, you have basically -- you are restricted by the agreement that you made as far as accepting what was available in crew's litigation. again, this is a strategic decision that plaintiffs frequently make to try to get some records that they know that they could get more quickly and wait for other records. so gillman, who isn't probably an expe
she was a law professor at the university of texas. she wanted to get information about the homeland security assessment of how to construct the fence and this and that. and one of the things she had agreed to do was to accept the e-mails that were being put together to respond to another piece of litigation, again by the organization crew. and she had agreed that -- because much of this review work had already been done. that she would accept that as responsive to her request. well, one of the...
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michigan democratic senator carl levin and texas republican congressman ralph hall. these are part of our week-long series. >>> this thanksgiving week, c-span is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. watch the interviews tonight through thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> as much as we've accomplished in 36 years. i don't want to look back at that so much as to look forward to the next couple months, and in the next couple months there's a couple things i'd like to do. one is to get my defense authorization bill passed. this is an annual effort, a major effort involving large amounts of staff. i also want to finish up some work on the permanent subcommittee on investigations looking at some gimmicks which are used to avoid taxes. >> i've been a member of congress for 34 years. you know, to finally get beat, if i was a manager for a baseball or football team and i had a 34-1, i'd be in the hall of fame. so it doesn't bother me. really it didn't bother me to get beat because i wasn't just set on going, but i had 18 co-chairmen who were chairmen of my 18
michigan democratic senator carl levin and texas republican congressman ralph hall. these are part of our week-long series. >>> this thanksgiving week, c-span is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. watch the interviews tonight through thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> as much as we've accomplished in 36 years. i don't want to look back at that so much as to look forward to the next couple months, and in the next couple months there's a couple things i'd like...
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[ laughter ] >> zero. >> or basketball. >> it's georgetown, sorry, i went to the university of texas so we can't do either right now. but zero. why? there's a great song called "you cannot win if you do not play." because old people vote, that's why. they asked hughie long how come he wasn't for prison reform? he said there were no votes in prison. that's why. that's the whole game. the president really, really impressively and dramatically inspired young people, unmarried women, people of color and really brought them into the game. can we pick that up, the democrats that remainn
[ laughter ] >> zero. >> or basketball. >> it's georgetown, sorry, i went to the university of texas so we can't do either right now. but zero. why? there's a great song called "you cannot win if you do not play." because old people vote, that's why. they asked hughie long how come he wasn't for prison reform? he said there were no votes in prison. that's why. that's the whole game. the president really, really impressively and dramatically inspired young people,...
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hood texas came. this time we had, i think, 14 different nations, over 4,000 soldiers. again, did a tremendous exercise. now we are conducting, as i speak, combined all three which will have 16 different nations. we have done other exercises as well. we have safer junction which was the brigade headquarters. it wasn't a u.s. brigade. it was a lithuanian brigade with u.s. airborne battalion underneath it. again mechanized force from czech republic, civilian battalion companies and platoons from albania, serbia and other nations. we had many nations. well over 6,000 soldiers. this time we did what was different. we just didn't train in germany which we normally do. we expanded and did an air field seizure and simultaneously in latvia and lithuania with the airborne brigade. we landed nato c-17 planes and were able to drive striker vehicles out of the c-17s. we seized an airfield several countries away while training and conducting a large scale exercise there. we're building on that nato operability. we're building on that partner capacity and we're doing this well before
hood texas came. this time we had, i think, 14 different nations, over 4,000 soldiers. again, did a tremendous exercise. now we are conducting, as i speak, combined all three which will have 16 different nations. we have done other exercises as well. we have safer junction which was the brigade headquarters. it wasn't a u.s. brigade. it was a lithuanian brigade with u.s. airborne battalion underneath it. again mechanized force from czech republic, civilian battalion companies and platoons from...
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the border crisis, all unaccompanied children flooding the texas-mexico border, he didn't go there. he said, i don't do optics. i was there in denver that looked like it was leftover from the movies, do not tell me obama does not do optics. he does it better than anyone i've ever seen. it's not just optics. you go there because you learn stuff if the bureaucracy does not tell you because you talk to border control folks, and you educate you go and you educate the country and show them they are not drug dealers. >> he was talking about the other immigrants. >> i can't keep it straight, all of the problems with immigrants. this is not a tactic. >> i don't know what it is then. >> it's actual leadership. you have to get out in front of these people. >> hooey is surrounded by a lot of people in the white house and when he said they don't do theater, they said that's right. >> he is too big for the game. >> our friend tim russert said that's right. this is reagan's last day in office. he said i don't think you could do the job if you weren't an actor. a lot of it is theater. >> i think t
the border crisis, all unaccompanied children flooding the texas-mexico border, he didn't go there. he said, i don't do optics. i was there in denver that looked like it was leftover from the movies, do not tell me obama does not do optics. he does it better than anyone i've ever seen. it's not just optics. you go there because you learn stuff if the bureaucracy does not tell you because you talk to border control folks, and you educate you go and you educate the country and show them they are...
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. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chair map and secretary, thank you for being here. >>> as you were kind of laying out the plan that treasury has for the koupter terrorism financing, you know, i think one of the questions that came to my mind was two things. one is how long do you think it will take to get into this plan to the point where we see some diminish i diminishing amount of ore sources going to isil. >> it's a very good question. it's a question difficult to answer. we have began to see some diminishment in revenue because of oil sales. they were earning, on average, about a million dollars a day. sort of over the summer. in particular, because of the air strikes to isil global refineries, as well as other activity, we have seen a decrease in the -- in what we estimate to be the revenue from the oil sales of that million dollars a day to several mimon a week. so there's some progress there. the history of our counter terrorist financing work generally is small steps that you can see over time having an impa
. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chair map and secretary, thank you for being here. >>> as you were kind of laying out the plan that treasury has for the koupter terrorism financing, you know, i think one of the questions that came to my mind was two things. one is how long do you think it will take to get into this plan to the point where we see some diminish i diminishing amount of ore sources going to isil. >> it's a very...
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in response texas senator ted cruz tweeted net neutrality is obamacare for the internet. the internet should not operate at the speed of government. congresswoman anna eshoo tweeted, i strongly urge the fcc to adopt the president's approach. >>> tonight on "the communicators qurtion, christopher yew professor at the university of pennsylvania law school and director of the center for technology, innovation, and competition. >> people who oppose prioritization should take a look at the internet header, the ipv foreheader. it is the guts. that is the magic that makes the internet work. there's something in there called the type of service flag. that's different service classes really for high bandwidth services, low latency services, different forms of prioritization that was designed to the internet from the beginning, and people say, oh, that's just an old artifact. when we redesigned it for ipc 6 they included another field called a label field. if you look at the engineering design to suggest -- prioritization was never intended to be loud, i think a little engineering
in response texas senator ted cruz tweeted net neutrality is obamacare for the internet. the internet should not operate at the speed of government. congresswoman anna eshoo tweeted, i strongly urge the fcc to adopt the president's approach. >>> tonight on "the communicators qurtion, christopher yew professor at the university of pennsylvania law school and director of the center for technology, innovation, and competition. >> people who oppose prioritization should take a...
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people and prehelpeded in arizona may be deported through texas or through arizona, and the emphasis -- typically people who are deported back to the closest port of entry may reconnect with the smuggler who helped them enter and just more generally may be able to attempt re-entry more easily than somebody who is departed far away. it's an expensive program to second people to different parts of the country, and immigrant rights groups have argued, i think convincingly that it really creates difficult circumstances for people who may be deported to high crime communities, you know, and they may lose their documents and/or not have money when they arrive and so there's some real vulnerabilities that result from atep so it's a controversial program i think for that reason. >> joanne? >> thank you. i have two equestions, first one more mark rosen bloom, i just wanted to drill down a little bit more on the final paragraph in your executive summary that
people and prehelpeded in arizona may be deported through texas or through arizona, and the emphasis -- typically people who are deported back to the closest port of entry may reconnect with the smuggler who helped them enter and just more generally may be able to attempt re-entry more easily than somebody who is departed far away. it's an expensive program to second people to different parts of the country, and immigrant rights groups have argued, i think convincingly that it really creates...
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mean mac thornberry, republican of texas will take this over. what does that mean for the ond military and defense policy? >> thornberry has been second highest ranking republican on the committee for the past four years. he had the implicit endorsement ever since he announced he woulh retire at the end of the year. d he had been working on some of d the biggest issues it faced. like the acquisition program and a variety of other things.hat >> then also, noteworthy is judiciary committee, bob goodlat, he will retain that ly post. what does thatg meanto for chi immigration? >> it's probably going t o be more of the same, frankly. you have the same chairman. the committee did approve some immigration related bills regarding visas and that sort of thing in this congress. but it never played it to the floor. it remains a question of does he the republican conference want to deal with the issue? >> bob, we should let our hat c viewers know, republican of virginia. in the opinion pages that congress will fight obama's power grab. the president's plan
mean mac thornberry, republican of texas will take this over. what does that mean for the ond military and defense policy? >> thornberry has been second highest ranking republican on the committee for the past four years. he had the implicit endorsement ever since he announced he woulh retire at the end of the year. d he had been working on some of d the biggest issues it faced. like the acquisition program and a variety of other things.hat >> then also, noteworthy is judiciary...
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the united states of america has treated nine, n-i-n-e patients with ebola, two have contracted it in texas, the rest in west africa. eight have recovered, one, regrettably, has passed away. so, there have been nine in america, 13,500 in west africa. the situation is serious. and it means that all of government has to respond in a way to do so. my strong suggestive principles are this, first, we must fight the disease at its epicenter in west africa, in liberia, guinea and sierra leone. we also want to look at the countries contiguous to these three areas that has not spread beyond these three countries. we want to use the expertise of the department of state, usaid, cdc, dod, nih, fda, any government agency that can play a role in making the world, west africa safe and us safe is where -- what we want to do. the second principle is we must protect america and we must do it at your points of entry. and finally, in looking at our country, we need to utilize the best science and deploy our public health and public health safety agencies in a way that's effective that's the center for disease
the united states of america has treated nine, n-i-n-e patients with ebola, two have contracted it in texas, the rest in west africa. eight have recovered, one, regrettably, has passed away. so, there have been nine in america, 13,500 in west africa. the situation is serious. and it means that all of government has to respond in a way to do so. my strong suggestive principles are this, first, we must fight the disease at its epicenter in west africa, in liberia, guinea and sierra leone. we also...
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texas democratic congressman henry cuellar tweets thinking back to wreaths i laid at normandy this year in memory of countless heroes. and happy veterans day to all who served our nation owes you a debt of honor for your service. also honoring veterans today, vice president joe biden, he'll be at arlington national cemetery's tomb of the unknowns for the annual wreath laying ceremony there. while president obama attends meetings in china. we'll have live coverage from arlington at 11:00 eastern time on our companion network c-span. and arizona senator john mccain recounting lives of americans soldiers who've served in conflicts ranging from the revolutionary war to the wars in iraq and afghanistan. in his new book 13 soldiers, a personal history of americans at war. he'll be talking about the book today at the national press club. we'll have live coverage at 6:30 eastern on c-span2. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. and this weekend we partnered with charter communications
texas democratic congressman henry cuellar tweets thinking back to wreaths i laid at normandy this year in memory of countless heroes. and happy veterans day to all who served our nation owes you a debt of honor for your service. also honoring veterans today, vice president joe biden, he'll be at arlington national cemetery's tomb of the unknowns for the annual wreath laying ceremony there. while president obama attends meetings in china. we'll have live coverage from arlington at 11:00 eastern...
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brownsville, new york, or brownsville, texas. come there. any brownsville you want to, pick a brownsville, we'll be happy to see you come. and we have to have these kinds of robust conversations about who serves, who pays, how do we make sure that the system is equitable. and we do -- we do need to make sure that we're looking at communications as different than widgets. that was a conversation we had in the '80s, conversation that we had in the '90s. they're very different things. i want -- a strict anti-trust with regard to which widgets being manufactured. when you're talking about ideas, currency, how many people involved in this as possible and innovation as free flowing as possible, you need a little bit more. do we have too much regulation now? i could make some arguments. i've seen some things done that are a little bit unnecessary. i had a huge problem a minute ago we were talking about the fcc brings money back to the -- to the treasury. back in the '90s, i was a lone voice saying, hey, look, we should never have budget drive polic
brownsville, new york, or brownsville, texas. come there. any brownsville you want to, pick a brownsville, we'll be happy to see you come. and we have to have these kinds of robust conversations about who serves, who pays, how do we make sure that the system is equitable. and we do -- we do need to make sure that we're looking at communications as different than widgets. that was a conversation we had in the '80s, conversation that we had in the '90s. they're very different things. i want -- a...
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in response, texas senator ted cruz tweeted "net neutrality is obamacare for the internet. the internet should not operate at the speed of government." congresswoman an know eshoo, ranking member on the house subcommittee of commerce and technology tweeted "i strongly urge the fcc to adopt the president's approach." >> book tv goes on the road and this weekend we partnered with charter communications for a visit to madison, wisconsin. >> there is work for everyone. the field is large. it is a glorious service. this service for the country, the call comes to every citizen. it is an unending struggle to make and keep government representatives. >> bob la fall is probably the most important political figure in wisconsin history and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the united states. he was a reforming governor. he defined what progressivism is. he was one of the first to use the term "progressive" to self-identify. he was a united states senator who was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in american history.
in response, texas senator ted cruz tweeted "net neutrality is obamacare for the internet. the internet should not operate at the speed of government." congresswoman an know eshoo, ranking member on the house subcommittee of commerce and technology tweeted "i strongly urge the fcc to adopt the president's approach." >> book tv goes on the road and this weekend we partnered with charter communications for a visit to madison, wisconsin. >> there is work for...
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our defense and space-related production is primarily located in california, missouri, pennsylvania, texas, arizona, florida, and alabama. boeing employs 160,000 people, across the united states. since 2005, we have created more than 15,000 new high-paying jobs driven by our backlog of over 5,000 commercial airplanes. last year we paid $48 billion to businesses which support a 1.5 million jobs across the country. boeings significant contribution to the economy is a result of the ingenuity of our employees. they develop the most sought-after products and technologies in the world. boeing's cutting edge technology takes years to develop at an enormous expense, approximately $3 billion in research and development spent every year. and the bulk of our operations are protected as trade secrets. boeing does not have one recipe for its secret sauce. we have thousands. unfortunately, boeing's valuable engineering and business information is at significant risk. once publicly disclosed, rights and trade secrets may be lost forever. the investments wiped out in an instant along with the competitive
our defense and space-related production is primarily located in california, missouri, pennsylvania, texas, arizona, florida, and alabama. boeing employs 160,000 people, across the united states. since 2005, we have created more than 15,000 new high-paying jobs driven by our backlog of over 5,000 commercial airplanes. last year we paid $48 billion to businesses which support a 1.5 million jobs across the country. boeings significant contribution to the economy is a result of the ingenuity of...
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and then lawsuits in two more states, wisconsin and texas, both involving voter identification rules. the lower courts have not come out the same way on all these cases as we lawyers say. they are still percolating through the lower court system. it remains to be seen exactly what the supreme court will do. the supreme court actually issued or got involved in three of these cases just this past year but did not issue an opinion on the merits in any of those cases. i tend to think that its involvement had more to do with its concerns about court orders issued very close to the election than it did about what exactly the court thinks on the myrrh merits of these cases. at some point i suspect these issues are likely to come back before the united states supreme court possibly very soon. >> if you have anything on some of the states in particular. >> sure. particularly in the context of section five, since that's what we are here to talk about, i think it's important to point out that of the states that were just mentioned, north carolina was partially covered by the voting rights act. t
and then lawsuits in two more states, wisconsin and texas, both involving voter identification rules. the lower courts have not come out the same way on all these cases as we lawyers say. they are still percolating through the lower court system. it remains to be seen exactly what the supreme court will do. the supreme court actually issued or got involved in three of these cases just this past year but did not issue an opinion on the merits in any of those cases. i tend to think that its...
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i know being from texas i have 87 refineries in my district that produce half of all the gasoline in the united states. i was marveling at the lack of infrastructure for the ability to harvest their own oil for their own needs. to me i've always been interested in what a country in africa has versus what it needs, and the confusing outcomes of when you don't have that infrastructure and you don't have that ability to refine, and it's unfortunate. i know there's a great deal of what people would call corruption, but on the other hand, the lack of knowledge and how to take their natural resources and make sure it benefits their own people. and it's kind of sad to see that difference. have great wealth and great poverty and yet little electricity. i remember that the year -- i went back there again. i think the french donated these lights for solar power lights so when you drive down the road now at least you have street lights and they're individually ironically powered by the sun. but the time before that i was driving down there and the only lights in existence in the capital were th
i know being from texas i have 87 refineries in my district that produce half of all the gasoline in the united states. i was marveling at the lack of infrastructure for the ability to harvest their own oil for their own needs. to me i've always been interested in what a country in africa has versus what it needs, and the confusing outcomes of when you don't have that infrastructure and you don't have that ability to refine, and it's unfortunate. i know there's a great deal of what people would...